Top Cat - Classic TV Database Top Cat Added to the database on March 2, 2009 Rate 5 (1 Vote) So the swinging theme song immortalizes, "the chief, he's the king, but above everything: he's the most tiptop Top Cat!"... In the tradition of great screen conmen--one of the few with a visible tail--"Top Cat" holds a top spot in the hearts of cartoon fans. The smooth-talking New York City cat, known as T.C. to his kitty cohorts Benny the Ball, Choo-Choo, Spook, The Brain and Fancy-Fancy, is always on the make toward a big score or swindle. And the bothersome--and ever-exasperated--Officer Dibble is relentlessly on his case (although always a step behind)--throughout 30 fast, funny episodes.

Cast and Characters Arnold Stang as Top Cat Maurice Gosfield as Benny The Ball Marvin Kaplan as Choo Choo Leo De Lyon as Brain/Spook John Stephenson as Fancy-Fancy Allen Jenkins as Officer Charles "Charlie" Dibble The Alley Cats Top Cat (Character) - Quotes Top Cat (Character) from "Top Cat" (1961) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. [On a visit to the park, the gang breathes in pure air] Spook : [coughing] It's too fresh, T.C.! Like give me some of that stale stuff anytime! Top Cat : Spook, I deplore your attitude. You have no respect for the great outdoors, for the birds and the bees... Brain : Speaking of the birds and the bees, where're the girls, T.C.? Fancy-Fancy : Yeah, you told us the park was loaded with chicks! So far, all we've seen are two pigeons! Benny the Ball : And even those were boys. Top Cat : You're not actually jumping in the lake, are ya? Choo Choo : That I am.

But before I depart for another world, could you give this letter to... Lola Glamour? Top Cat : Lola Glamour, the Hollywood siren? Fancy-Fancy : So that's it! Chooch has another crush going! last time it was Marilyn Maroon! Top Cat : Yeah, but he had to give her up - she never acknowledged the rubber plant he sent her! Top Cat : Right, the first thing is to get rid of this Do-It-Yourself drowning kit... [Top Cat tosses the boulder into the lake, but as Choo Choo is still tied to it, he falls in as well] Choo Choo : HELP! HELP! I CAN'T SWIM! HEELLLP! [Lola Glamour insults the gang] Top Cat : The "Lola Glamour" club is now disbanded! Those wishing to join the "Gina lollapalooza" club say Aye! [the gang climbs a skyscraper] Top Cat : Must be the altitude. For a moment I thought I saw Officer Dibble... Officer Dibble : [looking out a window] Top Cat? Top Cat : Dibble? I knew I couldn't have imagined that face!

Come on, fellas, amskray! Benny the Ball : I don't think she likes us, T.C... Top Cat : That was the understatement of the year, Benny. But who cares? It's Chooch I'm worried about! Fancy-Fancy : Yeah, he probably heard everything! Brain : He's nowhere around, T.C.! Spook : Yeah, like he may have gone to... [makes a "gun to the head" hand gesture] Top Cat : Spook! Wash out your mouth with soap! Top Cat : [on a guitar] This is a little ditty / About a count who owns half of the City / He's got diamonds and rubies and pearls /... and for a hobby he telephones girls. / Count Choo Choo, Count Choo Choo, Count Choo Choo, Count Choo Choo, Count Chooch! Top Cat : All that work for nothing! Oh, boy... Brain : Where are you going, T.C.? Top Cat : [holding Choo Choo's boulder] I'm gonna pick up where Chooch left off! Goodbye, cruel world!

[Officer Dibble rushes up] Officer Dibble : [grabbing the boulder] Hold it, Top Cat! You ain't getting away from me that easy! Top Cat : Oh, come on, Dib, can't I even drown in peace? Officer Dibble : Forget the lake, T.C.! You're going up the river! Now throw that rock away NOW! Top Cat : Throw away the rock. Okay, you're the law! [Top Cat chucks the boulder over the bridge, and Dibble goes with it... ] Top Cat : [looking down] Oh, I'm so sorry about your uniform, sir! I hope it doesn't shrink! Officer Dibble : [soaking wet] I'll get you for this, T.C.! I'll see that you get thirty days! [last lines] [Officer Dibble knocks his truncheon against a tree] Top Cat : [on a branch] Come on, Dibble, we've got the whole night ahead of us, so let's keep up the beat, shall we? One, two, cha-cha-cha! Three, four, cha-cha-cha! One, two, cha-cha-cha!

Three, four, cha-cha-cha! Brain : Charlie what? Top Cat : Charlie what? Oh, boy, I see we got a statistician here. Just Charlie, all right? [Dibble reads the note found with the baby] Officer Dibble : Okay, so he was abandoned and you found him. Now hand him over! Top Cat : But Dib, we were going to adopt the kid ourselves! Officer Dibble : Are you kidding? YOU guys? Benny the Ball : We'll take care of him, honest! Chooch knows how to handle diapers! Officer Dibble : Oh, sure, pal. And what are you going to teach him, roulette? Brain : We could take him to night school and put him through some courses... Officer Dibble : Sorry, fellas. There's laws about recovering lost property and abandoned kids come under that heading. Benny the Ball : Sure, T.C. Here. [to the amazement of the gang, Top Cat wipes his face on the handkerchief] Top Cat : Well? What's the matter with you guys? Haven't you ever seen anyone with something in his eye before? Choo Choo : Sure we did, T.C.

But not you. [last lines] [TC sends the gang off to get things for a new scam] Top Cat : I'll be with you in a minute... [looks towards Charlie's direction] Top Cat : Well, so long, Charlie boy. So long, son. Did I just say that? "Son"? Oh, boy. That's the end. You gotta be careful or they'll get you down. They're dangerous. [catches up with the gang] Top Cat : All right, you guys, let's get down to business! Remember, there's only six of us now, and in this big City there's tons of opportunities lying in wait! All we have to do is dig for it! Let's dig, dig, dig, men! Top Cat : What is it with you guys? Have you all flipped over a baby? The world is full of babies! Benny the Ball : Yeah, but we found this one, T.C.! Benny the Ball : I was an orphan once. Top Cat : So what do ya want, a medal or something?

Top Cat : Well, we DID find the kid, although I would've been a lot happier if he were the kind of pic-a-nic basket we were looking for... [Top Cat assigns parental duties to the gang] Choo Choo : What are you going to do, T.C.? Top Cat : I'm going to sit here and do what you guys will be too busy doing. Professor Zimbach: [admiring a contemporary painting] This man has artistic temperament, like Van Gogh. You know, the painter who cut off his ear and sent it to his girlfriend. Top Cat : Oh, yeah, to ask her why he hadn't heard from her. Officer Dibble : [holding a hat full of coins] Gambling again, huh? Top Cat : Oh, that's just a collection. One of the girls in the office is getting married. Officer Dibble : That doesn't make any sense! Top Cat : I know it and you know it, but try and tell her! Professor Zimbach: [in a gallery] Ah, what lines! What curves! What form! Beautiful! Top Cat : [entering post-haste] Lines? Curves? Form? Where are the ladies?

Professor Zimbach: [about a modern art painting] It has a message! It speaks! Can't you hear what it says? Top Cat : Sure, it says "Don't drink when you're painting!" [Brain is thinking] [Al the Actor is exposed] Top Cat : Cheer up, pal, at least you came out with a better-looking face! Officer Dibble : Now look here, wise guy... [a notice is found on Top Cat 's painting] Top Cat : Ah, yes, the famous Bottom borthers: There was Foundat Bottom, Rock Bottom, and of course, Fitat Bottom! [Benny is startled by a knocking from his bags] Top Cat : Hey, Benny! Open the trunk, Benny, and let us out! [Benny opens his trunk and finds the whole gang stuffed inside] Benny the Ball : Well, for goodness sakes! You're all packed in like sardines! Top Cat : Sshhh, Benny, not so loud. We're traveling incognito, you get what I mean? [the gang makes a surveillance report to Top Cat] Top Cat : [seeing a groaning Benny] Oh, no, you blew it... Choo Choo : Sorry, T.C.

He got run over by a piano. Top Cat : Run over by a piano? How do ya get run over by a piano? Choo Choo : We kept our eye on him all the time, T.C... [Dibble gives a sickening sneeze] Top Cat : You call that watching? You let a GERM get through! Brain : What are we going to do, T.C.? Top Cat : I don't know, but we'll think of something. Come on, let's go... [Dibble drives up in his car] Officer Dibble : Hey, fellas... get in. Come on, come on, we're wasting time! Top Cat : Gosh, Dib, I don't know what to say. You got me. Officer Dibble : Skip it, T.C.! I figured you guys needed a vacation too. [the gang get into Dibble's car] Fancy-Fancy : Maybe he went out for a walk, T.C... Top Cat : No, we can't let him slip off now! We got too much at stake! We gotta find him, fast! Benny the Ball : When are we going to the races, T.C.?

Top Cat : As soon as we have the two bucks for a bet! [a shootout blows up] Top Cat : Chooch, untie Benny, and let's scram! [the gang is being chased by mobsters] Choo Choo : What do we do, T.C.? Top Cat : We'll get some police protection! Choo Choo : How? There isn't a cop in sight! Top Cat : That's what you think, there's always one behind a billboard! [Top Cat proves his point by driving behind a billboard and chasing out a startled cop] [the diamond goes under a steamroller] Top Cat : [calling the driver] Hold it, hold it...! [a crunchy crush is heard] Top Cat : Oh, no! [He presents the fragments of the diamond to the jeweller] Top Cat : Look at it this way, Mr. Stiffany: it saves you the cost of a cutter! Just think of all these sparkling jewels, ready to capture the hearts of young ladies... Here you are with my compliments, and, ah, forget the reward...

[Mr Stiffany bursts into tears] [last lines] Top Cat : I tell ya, fellas, there ain't nothing worse than seeing a grown man cry. It turns you inside out. I can't stand it... Top Cat : Well, it finally happened. We finally landed a million-dollar deal. Only instead of making it, we OWE it! [TC gets the horse on the S.S. Africa, which departs for its namesake] Benny the Ball : [tearfully waving goodbye] He was a good horse, a real nice horse. And he so loved to have his picture taken... and I don't even have one of him. Top Cat : There, there, Benny, it's all right. That horse is out of here and we're in the clear. And it's all for the best. Your horsey will be all right in Africa, meeting its distant relatives like zebras, camels, llamas... OH NO! [the horse climbs on port, having jumped ship and swum back] [At the sound of a bell, the horse gallops off and comes back] Benny the Ball : [dazed] We went to Broadway... Top Cat : To Broadway? In thirty seconds?

Thirty seconds to Broadway and back... hmm... [Top Cat hijacks an ambulance] Top Cat : [to the startled drivers] Excuse me, fellas, I have an emergency... a million-dollar emergency! Top Cat : Before Ali Khat took this stuff he was nobody! Now he's got five hundred dancing girls fighting over him! "Top Cat: The Late T.C. (#1.22)" (1962) Officer Dibble : [on the phone] It's incredible, Sarge. He's taking it like a man. You'd never believe he has one week left to live. Top Cat : [thunderstruck] So that's it... the Doc was holding out on me... old T.C.'s gonna cash in his chips in a week! Officer Dibble : I gotta go now, Sarge. Poor old Top Cat... [hangs up and leaves] Top Cat : For the first time in my life I think I'm gonna faint! [Top Cat's party is interrupted] Top Cat : Uh-oh... Why, Officer Dibble, you look positively nauseating. Is something the matter? [Dibble growls] Top Cat : Couldn't you find the chop suey?

Don't worry about it, just give Benny the address and... [Dibble snarls] Top Cat : Okay gang, party's over... huh? [Everyone's gone, leaving TC to face Dibble alone] Top Cat : [looking inside his can] Now, where's my toothbrush? I'll just have to run down to the corner store for a new one... Officer Dibble : You won't be able to talk your way out of this one, T.C.! [shuts the trash can, trapping Top Cat inside] Officer Dibble : Okay, boys! Pick it up! [a garbage truck rolls down the alley] Top Cat : I hate to pry, sir, but what's happening? Officer Dibble : [carrying the can] You know that Hudson River cruise you wanted? Officer Dibble : Right! I'm gonna let you have it! [tosses the can into the truck, and it drives away] Officer Dibble : Bon voyage, Top Cat! [last lines] [on a garbage tug boat on the Hudson] Top Cat : Well, it isn't the cruise I had in mind, and the accommodations aren't exactly first-class. But who's complaining?

At least this way I'll avoid the crowd! Top Cat : Wrap a towel around your head, Benny. Benny the Ball : Is it all right to wear Turkish towel if I'm an Indian? Top Cat : Sure, Dibble won't know the difference. The closest he's ever come to royalty was once when he had a pair of kings playing poker. Top Cat : Remember, I've been using my brain for years. Officer Dibble's is still practically brand new. [first lines] Top Cat : Step right up, folks. This is it, the big time in the big top where for a slight fee you'll see right before your very eyes the most daring, unbelievable high trapeze act ever attempted. I call your attention to stage right for the start of this death-defying act. Brain : Uh, nobody said anything about defying no death to me. "Top Cat: Farewell, Mr. Dibble (#1.18)" (1962) [Benny reveals his new purchase, the "Non-Electric Air Conditioner" - aka a paper fan] Top Cat : Benny is the last of the all-time suckers!

He's just been baited, bagged, buncoed, conned, heisted and flimflammed! [Brain is directed to a "Wanted" poster of criminal Cha-Cha Charlie McGee] Top Cat : Fix that poster over there, Brain! Brain : Okay, T.C., but I sure hate to do this to Cha-Cha Charlie. I think he's better looking than the Mayor! [Brain covers McGee's picture with a picture of the Mayor] [a confused Prowler is led away by an equally confused Sergeant] Top Cat : Even I couldn't explain it to the Sergeant and I set the whole thing up! Lou Strickland : Dibble's a clown. Top Cat : Certainly, he can be foolish. Lou Strickland : No, seriously, what I do is I rent him out for all kinds of children's parties. Maharajah of Pikachu: Please, Shiek Alleycat! I insist you take this Maharajah Talk 5000. You'll find it more valuable. Top Cat : Why? Can it turn into rubies, too? Top Cat : They call me T.C. It's short for "Top Cat".

Trixie : Oh, that's very clever. I'm Trixie, which is short for... Top Cat : [interrupts] The future Mrs. Top Cat? Trixie : [chuckles] You're funny, too. Too bad I have to go to work and too bad I don't take anyone from the alley. Top Cat : Oh, I wasn't joking. I think you have stolen my heart. I'm usually the one who does the taking around here. Trixie : [gasp] Is that why he's so upset? Top Cat : [pulls out a bag of bird seed, throws it on Griswald, calls out for birds] Top Cat : Now, where were we? [gasp; finds out Trixie vanishes] Cartoon Characters, Cast and Crew for Sergeant Top Cat, Watch Cartoon Video Production Supervisor: Howard Hanson. Submit Additional Information: Do you have anything to add to this page? Have we made any mistakes... or do you ahve any additional information about Sergeant Top Cat? If so, we would love to hear from you. Please send us a quick note with your additions or corrections to this page, and we will make the corrections as soon as possible!

Report Errors / Submit Additional Information Cartoon Summary: Overhearing Officer Dibble's list of ideas for improving the police force, Top Cat later repeats them for the benefit of the police captain. The captain is so impressed that he appoints Top Cat to the post of honorary sergeant. A fuming Dibble finally gets... ( more ) Read The Full Synopsis... Cartoon Comments: Do you love Sergeant Top Cat, or do you think it is the worst cartoon ever? Let us know what you think! Surely you have an opinion... so share what you think. Take a minute and post your own comments about this cartoon here . Related Top Cat (series) | Topcat Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Originally broadcast on Wednesdays [8:30-9pm Eastern], Top Cat was co-sponsored by Kellogg's and Bristol-Myers ( Bufferin ). The central character, Top Cat—called T.C. by close friends, "pro-vid-ing it's with dignity" as the lyrics of the theme song say—is the leader of a gang of New York City alley cats : Fancy-Fancy, Spook, Benny the Ball, The Brain, and Choo Choo.

Top Cat and his gang were inspired by characters from the popular situation comedy You'll Never Get Rich (later called The Phil Silvers Show) . It has also been said[ by whom? ] that the Bowery Boys influenced the show. Maurice Gosfield , who played Private Duane Doberman on The Phil Silvers Show, also provided the voice for Benny the Ball in Top Cat (Benny's rotund appearance was based on Gosfield too). Even Arnold Stang 's voicing of Top Cat strongly resembled Phil Silvers ' voice. Another possible source material was Hokey Wolf , a segment on The Huckleberry Hound Show , which also had parallels to The Phil Silvers Show. [1 ] [2 ] A frequent plot-line revolved around the local policeman , Officer Charles "Charlie" Dibble, and his ineffective attempts to evict the gang from the alley. The only reason that he wanted to be rid of them was that Top Cat and his gang were constantly attempting to earn a quick dollar—usually through an illegal scam. Dibble's appearance was modeled on Allen Jenkins , who did his voice.

Dibble, previously only an implement for making holes for planting seeds, has acquired a second meaning in the vernacular as slang for police officers. Episodes Edit In one of the episodes, Top Cat and his friends are reading comic books. At the right and at the bottom there is a Yogi Bear and a Huckleberry Hound comic. In another episode, the gang is wandering through a museum at night when they come upon a group of statues labeled "Prehistoric Man". Choo-Choo insists that he's seen the figures before, maybe on T.V., but TC waves this off. The statues are modeled after Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble . In "A visit from mother" episode, "El Kabong" graphity ( Quick Draw McGraw’s alter-ego) is seen on the wall in the background. In one of the episodes of another Hanna-Barbera production, The Powerpuff Girls , Top Cat can be briefly seen in the background before the end shot. In the show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Gomer Pyle is seen in a resturant reading a Top Cat comic book.

DVD release In the USA, a boxset with all 30 episodes was released in December 2004 (2004-12). DVD Name Production Sketches: Top Cat Collection (art, stills, sketches, backgrounds) Storyboards: Storyboard Showcase TV Spot: Top Cat Kellogg's commercials (US release only) In the UK, the complete series boxset has been released as a HMV exclusive on October 8, 2007. Alternatively, 5 single DVD volumes, each containing 6 episodes, were released. The covers were originally from the US edition, but was later re-released with a new design.

Each volume shows a group picture of Top Cat using Dibble's phone with his gang beside him ,but the colour-coding is: Volume 1: Purple (Episodes 1–6) – Top Cat Volume 2: Green (Episodes 7–12) – Choo-Choo Volume 3: Red (Episodes 13–18) – Fancy Fancy Volume 4: Blue (Episodes 19–24) – Benny Volume 5: Orange (Episodes 25–30) – Spook The DVDs have since been made available to buy in other retailers across the UK. Other appearances Edit Top Cat's theme is featured in The Flintstones episode "Surfin Fred" when Barney and Betty discover that Jimmy Darrock is in fact not a lifeguard. Officer Dibble makes a cameo appearance in The Flintstones episode "Time Machine", as a policeman in the future. Thus returning the favor done in episode "The Rafeefleas" when T.C and the gang found two statues of cave man (Fred and Barney) in an art museum, while searching for the jewelry display case. Top Cat and his gang appeared in Yogi's Ark Lark .

While the others don't have dialogue, Top Cat was voiced by Daws Butler while Benny the Ball was voice by John Stephenson . It was presumed that Arnold Stang wasn't available at the time, while Maurice Gosfield died in 1964. In 1985, Top Cat appeared on Yogi's Treasure Hunt with Yogi Bear and other Hanna-Barbera toon stars; he was the one who assigned the treasure hunts. Officer Dibble made an appearance in the end of the show's episode, "Yogi's Beanstalk" voiced by John Stephenson. In 1987, Hanna-Barbera produced a feature-length television film based on the show titled Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (part of the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 film series), in which the gang helps a young girl claim her inheritance. During that time, John Stephenson reprised Officer Dibble while Benny the Ball was voiced by Avery Schreiber . In the Fender Bender 500 segment of Wake, Rattle, and Roll , Top Cat and Choo Choo were one of the racers driving a trash can-modeled monster truck called the Alley Cat.

In 1991, Top Cat was a teenage cat (but he still lived in a trash can) on NBC's Yo Yogi! voiced by Arte Johnson . Top Cat was seen in a Cartoon Network Rap in 1995. For 2011 is scheduled the release, in South America, of the movie produced by Anima Studios and Illusion Studios. Other cartoon shows Edit In the Duck Dodgers episode "K-9 Quarry", Top Cat was amongst the poached characters on the Alien Hunter 's ship. Top Cat and his gang appeared in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Mindless" with Top Cat and Choo Choo voiced by Tom Kenny , Benny the Ball voiced by Maurice LaMarche , and Fancy-Fancy voiced by Chris Edgerly . The Brain has no dialogue and Spook is nowhere to be seen. In that episode, Harvey Birdman takes Top Cat and his gang home. Top Cat gets sued for bookmaking and running an illegal gambling service out of Harvey's home. He is found guilty and is sentenced to probation . Top Cat, Benny and Brain made a cameo appearance at the end of The Powerpuff Girls episode "Catastrophe".

They can be seen at the bottom left corner of the screen (Note: Instead of his hat, Top Cat has a splat of slime on his head) Top Cat was seen briefly driving a motorcycle in the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode "Cheese a go-go." Top Cat and Benny appeared in the My Life as a Teenage Robot episode "Toying with Jenny" they can be seen at the checkout desk when Jenny is looking at the Jenny toys. In the Futurama episode " That Darn Katz! " a picture of Top Cat is seen. Top Cat made a cameo appearance in Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! episode "Wubbzy the hero." Comic Books Edit The gang's adventures continued off-screen in comic books as Dell (which became Gold Key ) published 31 issues from 1961 to 1970. Charlton Comics published 20 more issues from 1970 to 1973. [3 ] In Mexico, La Coleccion Primavera featured Don Gato in 1968. Books In the UK, BrownWatson published the 1978 annual entitled The Great Grape Ape and Boss Cat . View-Master T.C.

and friends appeared on three View-Master reels in 1962. These were titled "Medal for Meddling", "Zoo-Operation", and "No Cat Fishing". Music Edit The Original TV Soundtrack was released by Colpix Records in 1962, consisting of slightly edited versions of "The Unscratchables" and "Top Cat Falls In Love". In 1965, Hanna-Barbera Records released an LP titled "Robin Hood Starring Top Cat". T.C. and the gang were pictured as merry men on the cover. Songs included Top Cat, M-O-N-E-Y, Dibble, Robin Hood, and Buddies. It was re-released in 1977 on Columbia Records ' Special Products label. A jazzy arrangement of the Top Cat theme can be heard most weeks over the end credits of Bob Dylan 's Theme Time Radio Hour . The Top Cat theme song is the opening track on Ted Kooshian 's 2008 jazz CD, Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet. The theme for Top Cat is also used in the 2009–2010 ABRSM Grade three exam pieces.

It is C:2 Feature Film Edit Anima Studios and Illusion Studios are currently working on a Top Cat animated film. It is planned for release in Mexico, titled Don Gato y su pandilla, from September 2011, and to be shown in 3D. No info on the film's plot has been announced. Broadcasting Top Cat was among the first programs aired on CTV . The country's first private television network commenced broadcasts in October 1961. Mexico and Latin America Edit In spite of the modest success of the show in the United States, the show was a massive hit in Mexico, Peru and Argentina, where it is recognized as one of the most famous Hanna Barbera characters ever, being as popular as the Flintstones. In Mexico the show is aired under the name Don Gato y su pandilla (literally Mr. Cat and his gang, but stands for Mr. Top Cat or just Top Cat like in the United States) and the main characters adopted different accents. Besides Top Cat, all the other characters from the show were very famous, and their popularity is commonly attributed by the excellent dubbing and voice acting: Benny was renamed Benito B. Bodoque y B.

and given a more child-like voice than was the case in the original dubbing, Choo Choo was renamed Cucho and spoke with Mexican- yucatan accent, Fancy-Fancy was Panza (belly), Spook renamed as the word's rough translation Espanto, The Brain was called Demóstenes (honouring the Greek statesman Demosthenes , with whom he shares a speech impediment) and Officer Dibble renamed as Oficial Carlitos Matute. This name, "matute" was used in Argentina as a slang reference for policemen. Top Cat is still rerun every few years. The main voice actors were Julio Lucena (voice of Top Cat), Jorge Arvizu (voice of Benny and Choo Choo), Víctor Alcocer (voice of Dibble), David Reynoso among others. In Brazil , the character is known as Manda-Chuva (Brazilian Portuguese for big shot) and was voiced by actor Lima Duarte . In addition, the city of New York was replaced by Brasilia (federal capital) in the Brazilian version.

United Kingdom Top Cat (TV series) | Hanna-Barbera Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Top Cat (TV series) The topic of this page has a wiki of its own: Top Cat Wiki . Top Cat, Choo Choo, Spook, Fancy Fancy, Benny The Ball, Brain and Officer Dibble Top Cat is a prime time animated TV series which ran between 1961 and 1962. When it was presented on the BBC in Great Britain, the title was changed to Go Cat to avoid commercial associations with a local brand of cat food. The plot involves Top Cat , the leader of a gang of New York alley cats: Fancy-Fancy , Spook , Benny the Ball , The Brain , and Choo Choo . Top Cat and his gang were inspired by characters from the popular situation comedy The Phil Silvers Show (a/k/a You'll Never Get Rich); however, it has also been suggested that the Bowery Boys series of two-reeler comedy shorts influenced the show. Maurice Gosfield, who played Private Duane Doberman on The Phil Silvers Show, also provided the voice for Benny the Ball in Top Cat (Benny's rotund appearance was based on Gosfield too).

Arnold Stang's voicing of Top Cat strongly resembled Phil Silvers' voice as well. A frequent plotline revolved around the local policeman, Officer Dibble , and his ineffective attempts to evict the gang from the alley, especially from his telephone near Top Cat's trash can/residence. The only reason that he wanted to be rid of them was that Top Cat and his gang were constantly attempting to earn a quick dollar—usually through an illegal scam. Dibble's appearance was modeled on Allen Jenkins who did his voice. The name Dibble has passed into the vernacular as slang for police officers. One time he fall in love with Nurse LaRue. Contents Allen Jenkins - Officer Dibble Episode List NOTE: These episodes are the mid 90's Turner prints. All episodes feature the 1994 Hanna Barbera logo in the end. Dates given in parentheses are those of the original broadcast over ABC. Hawaii-Here We Come (September 27, 1961) The Maharajah of Pookajee (October 4, 1961) (A favourite episode of Joseph Barbera from this series; such, Mr.

Barbera recalls, was inspired by an actual pranker of the times who threw glass "jewels" at waiters in high-end Hollywood restaurants as an ur-tip.) All That Jazz (October 11, 1961) The $1,000,000 Derby (October 18, 1961) The Violin Player (October 25, 1961) The Missing Heir (November 1, 1961) Top Cat Falls In Love (November 8, 1961) A Visit From Mother (November 15, 1961) Naked Town (November 22, 1961) Sergeant Top Cat (November 29, 1961) Choo-Choo's Romance (December 6, 1961) The Unscratchables (December 13, 1961) Rafeefleas (December 20, 1961) Dibble's Double (April 18, 1962) DVD releases Vol.1 5 All New Adventures plus a kitty full of cool extra DVD stuff!

Episodes 1,2,3,4,5 Vol.2 5 Uproaurious Episodes plus Choo-Choo's favourite featurette! Episodes 6,7,8,9,10 Vol.3 5 Outreagous Escapades plus more DVD extras than you can shake a kitty at! Episodes 11,12,13,14,15 Vol.4 5 Side-Splitting Stories plus a behind the Benny's featurette! Episodes 16,17,18,19,20 Vol.5 5 Side-Splitting Stories plus a bunch of Spook's bonuses! Episodes 21,22,23,24,25 Vol.6 5 Twisted Tales plus Brain's best-loved bonuses!

Episodes 26,27,28,29,30 Recurring characters Police Captain First appearance Season 1 Episode 10 Sergeant Top Cat The Sergeant First appearance Season 1 Episode 1 Hawaii Here We Come Ship Captain First appearance Season 1 Episode 1 Hawaii Here We Come Counterfitter First appearance Season 1 Episode 1 Hawaii Here We Come Catwaleder First appearance Season 1 Episode 6 The Missing Heir Jazz First appearance Season 1 Episode 3 All That Jazz Chutney First appearance Season 1 Episode 6 The Missing Heir Griswald First appearance Season 1 Episode 6 The Missing Heir Nurse LaRue First appearance Season 1 Episode 7 Top Cat Falls In Love Mrs. Ball First appearance Season 1 Episode 8 A Visit From Mother Goldie and Pierre First appearance Season 1 Episode 11 Choo-Choo's Romance Jimmy First appearance Season 1 Episode 16 The Case of the Absent Anteater Charlie First appearance Season 1 Episode 17 TC Minds the Baby Doctor First appearance Season 1 Episode 22 The Late Mr.

TC Lola First appearance Season 1 Episode 24 Choo-Choo Goes Ga-Ga Tony First appearance Season 1 Episode 26 The Con Men Al the Actor First appearance Season 1 Episode 30 Dibble's Double DVD Top Cat (TV Series 1961–1962) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Top Cat is the leader of a group of alley cats, always trying to cheat someone. Stars: Benny swallows a stolen diamond, which gets him kidnapped by the thieves. Now Top Cat and his gang must masquerade as gangsters to save Benny. 8.5 A master of disguise impersonates Officer Dibble to steal valuable paintings. But he hasn't reckoned with Dibble's friends. 8.2 Benny the Ball wins a trip to Hawaii, bringing the gang along with him.

However, mayhem ensues when they cross paths with a suitcase of money, its criminal owner, and Officer Dibble. 8.2 a list of 49 titles created 23 Sep 2011 a list of 29 titles created 23 Jan 2013 a list of 27 titles created 05 Mar 2015 a list of 25 titles created 02 Oct 2015 a list of 31 titles created 11 months ago Search for " Top Cat " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Top Cat (1961–1962) 7.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The participants of an unusual car race compete around America. Stars: Daws Butler, Don Messick, John Stephenson Dick Dastardly leads a fighter plane group to try ineffectualy to stop a carrier pigeon.

Stars: Paul Winchell, Don Messick Huckleberry Hound is a blue-haired Southern dog with a fondness for the song, "My Darling, Clementine", and is a jack-of-all-trades cartoon star, appearing as a scientist (trying to ... See full summary » Stars: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Doug Young Yogi, a smooth, talkative forest bear looks to raid park goers picnic baskets, while Park Ranger Smith tries to stop him. Stars: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Jimmy Weldon A kung-fu-fighting pup and his snickering cat sidekick battle crime. Stars: Scatman Crothers, Joe E. Ross, Don Messick The Ant Hill Mob has to protect Penelope Pitstop from a murderous lawyer who is after her inheritance. Stars: Janet Waldo, Mel Blanc, Don Messick The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show was an animated series which featured the pint sized hero Atom Ant and super-sleuth Secret Squirrel. Stars: Henry Corden, Don Messick, Howard Morris The adventures of a superhero caveman and a trio of female amateur detectives.

Stars: Mel Blanc, Gary Owens, Laurel Page Magilla Gorilla is a gorilla who spends his time languishing in the front display window of Melvin Peebles' pet shop, eating bananas and being a drain on the businessman's finances. Stars: Allan Melvin, Don Messick, Howard Morris A bucktoothed squirrel is the James Bond of the rodent world. Stars: Mel Blanc, Paul Frees, Dick Beals Quick Draw Mcgraw was a dimwitted and lanky mustang (horse) who caused much chaos in the Old West. If he could get his own six shooter out of his holster at all, he would usually shoot the ... See full summary » Stars: Daws Butler, Doug Young, Don Messick The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles. Stars: Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl Edit Storyline Set in the Alleys of New York, "Top Cat" tells the story of a gang of low-life cats with their charismatic Leader, Top Cat.

With ability and mischief, Top Cat will always try to get rich gambling, to eat for free, or to play jokes on someone, but he is always being watched by Officer Dibble, who is very strict and fierce with them, but in fact is a friend to all of them. Written by Tato 27 September 1961 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Don Gato y Su Pandilla See more » Company Credits Did You Know? Trivia Due to the success of the show and the nostalgia for the characters in other countries, there's a recent movie made in Mexico trying to recover the essence of the original show. See more » Goofs In the opening title song "Top Cat" (seen in every episode) the waiter should be shown in front of the lunch box on the table. His torso is behind the box until Top Cat jumps up and runs for the taxi. At that point the waiter "pops" fully in front of the lunch box. This was related by Arnold Stang on the DVD commentary and he was very annoyed (even years later!) that the studio would let such an error occur every week.

See more » Quotes Professor Zimbach: [admiring a contemporary painting] This man has artistic temperament, like Van Gogh. You know, the painter who cut off his ear and sent it to his girlfriend. Top Cat : Oh, yeah, to ask her why he hadn't heard from her. See more » Crazy Credits The opening credits feature Top Cat entering a high-class restaurant to have lunch... which he picks from a construction worker working across the restaurant. He escapes from the maitre'd and the worker into a taxi and gets away (originally the series title appears on a blind TC pulls down in the taxi - later versions feature the title as TC gets into the taxi). See more » Connections Thank the Lord T.C. is FINALLY on DVD! 30 January 2006 | by Moax429 (United States) – See all my reviews I first remember seeing "Top Cat" when it was part of NBC's Saturday morning lineup in the late 60's (I was born on April 29, 1962, when the show was halfway through its first - and only - prime-time season on ABC).

Whoever said, "You don't really appreciate something until after it's gone," was right - once "Top Cat" left NBC in 1969, all I had were comic books of the show to enjoy, as well as a coloring book of when T.C. and the gang went to the local zoo. When "T.C." was first syndicated in 1969, no stations here in Detroit (or around Lansing, Michigan, where I moved to in 1971 and lived until 1978) decided to purchase the reruns and show them (apparently the program directors of said stations didn't know a good cartoon series when they saw one); until 1996, when Cartoon Network reran "T.C." for the first time in ages, it would be a miracle (such as when I visited my relatives near Pittsburgh or my grandparents in California) before I ever saw any episodes of the show again.

About two weeks ago (January 14), I FINALLY purchased the entire 30-episode DVD box set of "Top Cat." It was such a treat to see all the episodes again, as well as the shorts with the actors who voiced the characters (my favorite "Top Cat" episodes have to be "All That Jazz," about the "diamond mine in Diambodi," and "The Golden Fleecing," about the female cat Honeydew Melon). And the best part is: Now I DON'T have to wait until if and when Boomerang decides to rerun "T.C." in the future; I can watch the show again any time I want! (I also recently tracked down a copy of the 1962 TV soundtrack album on vinyl, so now I have another "T.C." collectible to enjoy. I hope to have one of my friends dub it onto a CD for me.) So thanks, Warner Home Video, for helping revive an old, enjoyable childhood memory. It was certainly $45 well spent! (Now would you PLEASE see about putting another one of my all-time favorite, and seldom-seen, Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, "The Roman Holidays," on DVD soon?

I know that would also be worth paying good money for!) 14 of 16 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes

Question: Which cartoon featured 'Benny the Ball', 'Spook' and 'Officer Dibble'?
Answer: 'TOP CAT'